GPS hacking (PART 1)
2016-02-22
GPS hacking has alway been a hot topic on security conferences over the past few years. But the contents are over academic and the cost for necessary equipment is tooRead More →
NSA Data Center effect : This state experiences 300,000,000 hacking attacks a day
2016-02-22
Utah state computer systems experiences 300 million hacking attacks a day due to NSA data center in the state. 300,00,000 hacking attempts in a day! This is what the computer systemsRead More →
Linux Mint was hacked, website served malicious ISO on Saturday
2016-02-22
The Linux Mint website had been hacked, on Saturday, intruders were able to compromise it and serve malicious ISO of Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon edition. The Linux Mint website hadRead More →
How to secure databases?
2016-02-21
Databases can be a treasure trove of confidential data. Normally most databases contain confidential information, private data of companies, people, intellectual property, employees or customers. Confidential data may include theRead More →
Android Malware About to Get Worse: GM Bot Source Code Leaked
2016-02-20
IBM X-Force threat intelligence has found that the source code for Android malware GM Bot was leaked on an underground board in December 2015. The leaked code for the malwareRead More →
The Internet Of Things Goes Open Source With Linux Foundation’s Zephyr Project
2016-02-20
I love Linux. After many years using Ubuntu as my default operating system (I switch to Windows, sometimes), I can hardly think of going back. So I was very excited,Read More →
How to Use NMAP 7 to Discover Vulnerabilities, Launch DoS Attacks and More!
2016-02-20
NMAP is an essential tool in any hacker’s arsenal. Originally written by Gordon Lyon aka Fydor, it’s used to locate hosts and services and create a map of the network.Read More →
JSF*** eBay XSS Bug Exploited in the Wild, Despite the Company’s Fix
2016-02-20
Attackers exploit eBay’s lackluster security policy. The JSF*** XSS bug that cyber-security firm Check Point discovered two weeks ago is being used in real world attacks on the eBay platform, inRead More →
Man admits he stole nude celebrity pics from Apple and Gmail accounts
2016-02-20
Phishing scheme gained illegal access to accounts storing 161 nude images. An Oregon man has admitted he tricked hundreds of people into divulging their Apple and Gmail passwords in a schemeRead More →
Hackers paid $17,000 in bitcoin ransom by L.A. hospital to get back medical records
2016-02-19
Los Angeles hospital paid hackers $17,000 ransom in Bitcoins to decrypt medical records. We had earlier reported that hackers had infected the Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles with a ransomwareRead More →
Gozi Banking Trojan is now fully compatible with the Edge browser in Windows 10
2016-02-19
Banking trojans, like ransomware, have become big business today. And the people behind all of these malicious products are always moving forward, innovating with the times in an effort toRead More →
Comodo Internet Security opened your PC to attackers
2016-02-19
Comodo Internet Security, in the default configuration, installs an application called GeekBuddy that also installs a VNC server enabled by default. The hackers of the Google Project Zero Team have foundRead More →
Locky ransomware on aggressive hunt for victims
2016-02-19
Millions of spam emails spread new ransomware variant on the day it first appeared. A new variant of ransomware known as Locky (detected by Symantec as Trojan.Cryptolocker.AF) has been spreadingRead More →
New Android Malware Combines Ransomware with a Banking Trojan
2016-02-19
Android Xbot will be a dangerous threat if ever completed. Malware targeting Android devices is slowly evolving day by day and is starting to rival its desktop-based counterpart. One of theRead More →
VXE Flaw allowed threats to bypass FireEye detection engine
2016-02-18
Researchers at Blue Frost Security firm discovered a flaw in the FireEye Virtual Execution Engine (VXE) that allows an attacker to completely bypass virtualization-based dynamic analysis and whitelist malware. SecurityRead More →
Remotely Disabling a Wireless Burglar Alarm
2016-02-18
Countless movies feature hackers remotely turning off security systems in order to infiltrate buildings without being noticed. But how realistic are these depictions? Time to find out. Today we’re releasingRead More →
WordPress Sites Leveraged in Layer 7 DDoS Campaigns
2016-02-18
We first disclosed that the WordPress pingback method was being misused to perform massive layer 7 Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks back in March 2014. The problem being that any WordPress website withRead More →
Millions of AirDroid Users Exposed to Severe Vulnerability
2016-02-18
A new vulnerability in the AirDroid App was revealed by Check Point. This vulnerability affects the 50 million AirDroid users around the globe. AirDroid is a device manager app whichRead More →
Why Tim Cook is right to call court-ordered iPhone hack a “backdoor”
2016-02-18
Custom version of iOS could undo years of work Apple put into securing iPhones. Tuesday’s court order compelling Apple to hack the iPhone belonging to a gunman who killed 14 peopleRead More →
The NSA’s SKYNET program may be killing thousands of innocent people
2016-02-17
“Ridiculously optimistic” machine learning algorithm is “completely bullshit,” says expert. In 2014, the former director of both the CIA and NSA proclaimed that “we kill people based on metadata.” Now, aRead More →
